məˌtem(p)sə̇ˈkōsə̇s, ˌmed.ˌemˌsīˈk-, -d.ə̇mˌsīˈk- noun
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek metempsychōsis, from metempsychousthai to undergo metempsychosis, from meta- + empsychos animate, from em- en- + psychē soul, spirit
: the passing of the soul at death into another body either human or animal : transmigration of souls
could remember all the previous lives in his metempsychoses — Erwin Schrödinger
— contrasted with metensomatosis